Ultimately, Trump can re-badge the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of
America, but only from a strictly US perspective. It is unlikely to
matter much to the rest of the world, save for those wishing to curry
favour with the new administration.
Most of the world will likely continue to refer to the Gulf of
Mexico. And the Gulf of America may yet be consigned to history in four
years’ time.
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Donald Trump’s determination to rename the Gulf of Mexico could be a bombastic negotiating tactic — or signal a return to 19th century US expansionism, once labeled Manifest Destiny.
Yes, Trump Can Rename the Gulf of Mexico – Just Not for Everyone.
Renaming
it the Gulf of America would apply only in the US, and the long history
of disputed place names suggests it could be a brief experiment,
anyway.
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